The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

| YoNKERs Statesman: Talmage is authority
for the statement that there pianos r
heaven. What's the of piano trying TO be
square or upright. then?
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Benjamin 81. Brews
ter attended theater for the first time in years
| few nights ago in Philadelphia His costume
| was as picturesque any the stage.
Mr.. ANDREW LANG used to write anonymous
articles for the magazines but now he always
| signs his name to his pieces, for fear some fool
should ask, why doesn't auld Lang sign"
THE English carry bad taste in advertising &c
/ greater extent than is done in this country. A
big picture of General Gordon on his death bed.
| used as an advertisements for patent medicine,
| appears in London woman journal
! PROF. RICHARD a. PROCTOR, the famous
| astronomer. is about to leave ST. Joseph. Mo-,
| and make his home near Orange Lake, Fla.
| Prof. Proctor will deliver a course of lectures
| during the fall and settle down in Florida about
| the end of November.
THOMAS A. EDISON, tn inventor. is an invet-
| crate ppe-smoker 1t is said that he has in.
! vented kind of pipe which will make a
| sensation in the world of buffers. There is no
| electricity about it. but the inventor hopes it
| will come into current use.
| Mrs. CLARIssA Cox, of Wake field Mass, who
| on Thursday rounded out one hundred years of
life in this vale of tears was asked the secret of
! her longevity. Hard work." said she; hard
| work has ALWAYS been good for me, and I've al
| ways had plenty of it to do"
HARPER's Bazaar: ''Oh, Tom" she whispered
after the momentous question had been pro-
pounded. 81 am so happy! Papa and brother
Frank have been teasing awfullv about you
lately and besides, I'm the first girl OF our
graduating class to be engaged
MRS ROBERT 7. LINCOLN keeps a scrap book
for little Abe Lincoln. in which she preserves all
the newspaper paragraphs of her ilustrious
father in law 1t her intention to make an
n nd hav hpoh
Lincoln the subject of his first work.
TIE famous cloak and helmet Of red feathers
once worn by the King of the Sandwich Islands.
and given by him to Captain Cook few days
before the death of the latter. were lately
brought to light in closet in Yorkshire
country house. whore they had lain lost for
many years.
CHAUNoEY DEPEw told this experience in a re-
cent speech: II up in Scott md this summer.
where they understand joke more easily than
anywhere in the world. and tire d travel
ing and sightseeing and, said to my Scotch
guide: L must find soft stone somewhere to
sit down on He said: My friend, there are no
soft stones in Scotland"
THE recent canard about the stealing of Ma
polean's remains from the tomb of the Invaldes
recalls the story vouched for by excellent au-
thorities that during the post-mortem examine
ton of the great warriors body at St. Helena.
the work being suspended over night. rats de-
voured the heart and corresponding portion of
surgeons.
THIS is the time Of year when frisky students
cut queer capers. At Brunswick, Me-, tho
other night Bowdoin boy. Cilley by name and
silly by nature, climbed to the top Of the north
spre of Kings Chapel and fastened thereon
a white flag bearing his class numerals. The
spire is of stone, 120 feet high, and the only
thing the foolhardy fellow had TO hold on by
was a llghtning-rod.
MRS. GEORGE W. CHILDs's parlor at Wootton
is gem. The carpet is gendafme blue and the
mahogany furniture is upholstered in rich
dark brown with a few odd pieces in white and
gold set out The ornaments on the mantel are
few and large. The prevailing color in the
scarfs and draperies, stuck here ard there on
corners of chairs and other articles is yellow.
AS BETTING a country home Mrs. Childs has
white null curtains all through the house.
ERsKISE NJ. PHELPS, of Chicago. who
master of cerem opies at the dinner given to the
President at the Palmer House. is one OF the
best dressed in the Western Venice He
bears a striking resemblan to j. Wilkes Booth
He is a member of nearly every club in Chicago
and was the inspiring genius of the Iroquois
Club His home ia model OF good taste, and
he has the finest private library in Illinois. He
also owns fine collection of paintings and stat
uary.
Mrs. CLEVELAND writes big. strong. round
hand, and signs herself. Every sincerely yours
Frances Folsom Cleveland" She very
pale blue paper. the sheets rather short, and the
envelopes large and almost square. She
her note-paper and en- velopes emblazoned with
red, white and blue shield. enameled with mar
row golden scroll containing the words 1.-THE
White House" in raised letters She writes In
easy and straightforward way. and. like her
sisters every where, she INDUCES freely in under
scoring.
AN old printer of Cincinnati says of the Rev.
Hugh O. Pentecost. late Labor candidate for
Mayor of Newark: He used to be printer in
Cincinnati and worked on the Enquirer. After
that he was a compositor in Indianapolis. He
was wonderfully profane, and there was another
man who was about his match IN that line at
the Indiana capital Thew started out to see
who could be the most sacrilegious and the
other man got away with Pentecost He be-
came angry, reformed and turned preacher.
and is now one of Henry Georges right bow
ers."
Hrs majesty, Dong Khan of AMMAN, has fiftS
cooks taking part in the preparation OF each
roval repast, but each chef is confined to the
elaboration of single of the fifty dishes of
which the menu is invariably composed. The
dishes taken first to the lntendant OF the
household, who delivers them to the eunuchs
for conveyance TO the Kinss female body guard
some thirty of the ladies of the seraglia, who
serve the repast and wait on the table. The
royal table beverage il AMMAN is particular
brew made from poppy seeds and aromatic
plants, but Dong Khan never touches the
traditional connection. finding bottle OF old
Bordeaux quite good enough for him.
LORD SALISBURY has really re2ained his
health. but it is not unlikely that he will pres
entity break it down again. His indisposition
was mainly the result of too much sedentary /.
occupation. He puts weight instead of |
muscle Like Lord Beaconsied he cannot |
walk but he can saunter Mr.. Gladstone walks. |
and there is no mistake about il. He passes |
every body as he goes down Regent street. and |
by exercise keens himself strong Lord /
Salisbury passes from the Foreign Office TO the |
House of Lords when he does not use his car /
riaee at the rate of about mile an hour; and |
that is FREQ uently all the exercise he has, for he
does always walk from Arlington street
How to dispose of the garbage of the I
oestlons that is troubling large cities. In Mont
real the system of burning has been adopted.
and the Philadelphia Board OF Health has |